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| Communist Party formed in Us scaring people, resulted in Palmer Raid |
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| how did the KKK recruit people? |
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used anti communism
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| max # of people who could enter us |
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| Why did the public react negative to unions? |
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| Strikes seen as communist |
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| Leader of UMWA, lead coal Miners strike |
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| peacetime use of airplanes |
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| Fordney Muccumber Tarriff |
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| raised taxes on good entering the US to 60 percent |
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| REPARATIONS Us gives money to Germany to pay Britain and France back to the US |
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| Washington Naval Conference |
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led by secretary of state Charles Evan Hughes
10 year holliday on construction of battleships |
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| 1928, agreement between France and Us to stop war |
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| Ohio Gang (Harding's cabinet) |
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| poker playing corrupt members of the cabinet |
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| oil rich lands set aside for navy given to private oil companies |
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| Who supported prohibition? |
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| KKK, Womens Temperance Union, everyone BUT immigrants |
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| African Americans moving from south to Kansas |
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| Embracement of African American artistic ability and culture |
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led by James Weldon Johnson
legislation to protect african american rights |
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| science vs relgion, trial held on grounds of teaching evolution |
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| literal interpretation of the bible, rejected evolution |
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| made first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic |
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| trumpet player, made personal expression key part of jazz |
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| famous writers of 20s had crictial views of American society |
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| highest tarriff, 60% to protect farmers and manufacters from foreign competition |
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| accomplishment from Hoovers presidency, limited federal intervention, gave water rights to 7 states from Colorado River, allowed agriculture to grow |
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| Federal Home Loan Bank Act |
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| lowered mortgage rates for homeowners and allowed farmers to pay off debts |
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| Reconstruction Finance Corporation |
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| thousands of farmers forced to migrate to Pacific states specially California |
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| Causes of the Depression? |
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| tarriffs/war debt policies, easy credit, unequal distribution of income, farming overproduction |
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| paying a small percent of stocks price and borrowing rest, fueled markets downward sprial |
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| October 29, 1929 day the stock market crashed. |
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| Unemployment rate in Great Depression |
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| Roosevelt new deal, a period of intense activity |
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| roosevelt speaking directly to public through radio |
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| Roosevelt's cabinent for new deal |
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| New Deal Coalition was with who? |
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| African Americans and southern democrats |
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| first female cabinet member,helped create social security system and secretary of labor |
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| Mary McLeod Bethune (Black Cabinet) |
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| ensured they hired African Americans in white house |
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| Agricultural Adjusment Act |
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| paid farmers NOT to far, raised crop prices |
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| Civilan Conservation Corps |
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| direct relief for unemployed men ages 18-25 |
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| provided 4 million jobs, reduced unemployment rate |
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| Emergency Banking Relief Act |
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| treasury closed and inspected banks, gave people confidence |
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| minimum wage, max hours, age limit was 16 and over |
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| Federal Emergency Relief Admin |
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| food and clothing to needy, states provided help for unemployed |
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| complete info on stock offerings, confidence in stock market |
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| Glass Steagall Banking Act |
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| FDIC couldnt put money on stock market,federal insurance for individual banks |
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| National Industrial Recovery Act |
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| public works, set labor standards, promoted industrial growth |
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| National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) |
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| settled disputes between employees and employers, defined unfair labor practices |
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| National Youth Administration |
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| provided job training for young people |
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| provided for retired and disabled |
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| Tenessee Valley Authority |
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| develop tennessee valley, leading to thousands of jobs and flood control and electricity |
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| Works Progress Adminstration |
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| create as many jobs as quickly as possible |
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| every justice over the age of 70 was removed and reappointed by Roosevelt |
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| broadcaster, turned against the New Deal, favored annual income and nationalization of banks |
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| Share our wealth, promised wealth to everyone, threat to the us |
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| critics of new deal, made a pension plan that benefited elderly |
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| musician that sang bout problems of the Great Depression |
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| War of the Worlds broadcast |
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| aritist that portrayed life in the mid west during the great depression |
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| African american author who wrote bout a young man trying to survive in a racist world |
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| famous film, escape from depression |
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| John steinback, lives of okies during the Dust Bowl moving to California |
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